The Glasgow School of Art’s annual Degree Show is a much welcomed and enjoyed date on the cultural calendar for many a Glaswegian, as well as people from further afield interested in art.

Running at venues across the city from June 2 until June 8, the undergraduate Degree Show showcased the work from graduating students across the School of Design, School of Fine Art, Innovation School and the Mackintosh School of Architecture.

Meanwhile, we paid a visit to the annual Master of Fine Art (MFA) Degree Show took place at The Glue Factory - an independent arts venue and workspace nestled in among the car garages and cash and carrys in the Spiers Lock area of the city.

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The MFA programme has built an international reputation over the past twenty years as one of the UK’s leading postgraduate fine art programmes, and The Glue Factory provided an incredibly fitting and ideal location to showcase the work of its 24 graduating students of 2018.

Using the former factory space allowed for a perfect marriage between an industrial aesthetic and exciting, innovative artistic expression, one swimming in some truly remarkable and outstanding creativity.

Greeting our entrance was Jamie Cooper’s DIE GOOD, GOOD FEEL Installation - featuring a Totemic Threshold light sculpture, followed by Sandy Harris’s mixed media installation “When You Rest You Are A King Surveying Your Estate”, which, using duvets, indoor plants and folding chairs, questioned notions of space, comfort and control in relation to the singular body.

Works such as Jaxton Su’s United Nations - using magnets, wood, wire and rotators, Corinna D’schoto’s ‘House Of : Set for Aesletics’ (in the Boiler Room area) and Megan Clarke’s stunning garments followed.

Corinna D’schoto’s ‘House Of : Set for Aesletics’ (Image: instagram/corinnad)

Subsequently, we encountered a real highlight with Supapong Laodheerasiri’s showcased work - featuring a ‘Nothing’ conceptual art installation, ‘I Am a Bad Comedian, So I Try To Be a Good Painter’ canvas and Lunar Days installation - featuring clocks hung backwards against a wall, all of which spoke of the relationships between times and lives.

Supapong Laodheerasiri’s 'I Am a Bad Comedian, So I Try To Be a Good Painter’ (Image: instagram/m.aalexaandraa)

Another interesting and thought-provoking work was that which came at the end of our meander through the factory space - Nien-Ting Chen’s ‘Temporary Snack Project’. A bar stocked using locally sourced products in collaboration with nearby Asian shops and supermarkets, it featured a menu which commented on British to Asian linguistic discrimination.

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All in all, an absolute joy of an exhibition, one which helped remind the visitor just how important a role the Glasgow School of Art plays in navigating the city into continuing waters of supreme creative and artistic expression that created untold ripple effects across the city.